A Call to
Arms
British
95th
Rifles This is one of my
latest set completed in the summer of 2005.
The riflemen in their green jackets were an elite
fighting force. Well-trained from the best the army had
to
offer, the riflemen were the turning point, taking heavy toll on
the enemy's officers and murderous devastation in soldier's
ranks in many skirmishes and smaller battles
Armed with a Baker rifle,
Rifleman Thomas Plunkett of the 1st Battalion, 95th
Rifles shot General Colbert at a range of between 200 and 600
metres during the Peninsula War. He then shot a second Frenchman
who rode to the general's aid, so proving that it was not a
lucky shot.